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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jace Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Van Halen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Halen has chosen Here I Go Again as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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217 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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215 lbs
6 - 5 - 1 |
Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jace Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Van Halen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright misses with the combination.
Wright showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Van Halen.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Van Halen is defended easily by Wright.
Wright leaves Van Halen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Van Halen shoots in and drives through. Wright sprawls well.
Jace Wright has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Van Halen.
Wright misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright scores with a one two! Van Halen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Jon Van Halen has been cut.
Wright shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wright prevents Van Halen from getting the reversal.
Van Halen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wright throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright prevents Van Halen from getting the reversal.
Wright working for a guillotine from mount but Van Halen is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wright is working for a guillotine from mount but Van Halen frees his head quite easily.
Van Halen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Wright. What's that going to do exactly?
Wright is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Van Halen has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Van Halen!
Van Halen wants to control from the top but Wright keeps moving.
Van Halen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Van Halen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
I looks like Van Halen might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van Halen!
Van Halen tries to hold on but Wright pushes him away.
Wright landing strikes, looking to finish!
Van Halen working to try and regain half guard.
Van Halen defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wright.
Van Halen is desperately trying to improve his position but Wright has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Halen throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Van Halen is desperately trying to improve his position but Wright has a good base and remains in mount.
Wright looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wright avoids the attempt from Van Halen to control.
Wright working for a guillotine from mount but Van Halen is in no mood to give up.
Van Halen is trying desperately to improve position.
Wright working for a submission but Van Halen is keeping him at bay.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Van Halen tries to hold on but Wright postures up.
Van Halen is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Van Halen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Van Halen defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Wright.
Wright is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Van Halen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Van Halen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wright wants to take a breather but Van Halen is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jace Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Van Halen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Van Halen shoots and misses
so Wright counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Van Halen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wright trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wright throwing strikes from guard but Van Halen blocks nicely.
Van Halen throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Van Halen can't keep his opponent in guard - Wright advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wright throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wright is looking for a kimura but Van Halen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wright to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Halen pushes Wright off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Halen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wright sprawls well. Wright wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Van Halen gets slowly back to his feet.
Van Halen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wright counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wright.
Jace Wright has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Van Halen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Halen working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Halen throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Wright drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wright jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wright thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Van Halen working for a triangle but Wright defends it easily.
Wright pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Van Halen is keeping the position for now.
Van Halen is trying to control the position but Wright postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Van Halen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Wright passes Van Halen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Van Halen is trying to stand back up but Wright is controlling him
Van Halen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Wright is thwarting Van Halen's attempts to control the position.
Jace Wright overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wright closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Van Halen is looking to reverse the position.
Wright tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wright in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wright misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to score with some ground and pound. Van Halen controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Van Halen keeping his opponent close.
Van Halen is not content to let Wright control the position.
Van Halen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wright is controlling him well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Van Halen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van Halen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Van Halen tries for a kimura but Wright is defending well.
Wright struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Wright slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Van Halen from controlling successfully.
Van Halen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wright is looking for a sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Van Halen just content to control the position.
Wright manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jace Wright dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Van Halen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Van Halen with a poor takedown
and Van Halen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jon Van Halen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Van Halen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wright won't be happy with that.
Wright is looking for a sweep.
Van Halen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wright is looking for a sweep.
Van Halen landing a few strikes.
Wright is looking to regain half guard here but Van Halen keeps moving and retains side control.
Van Halen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Wright, who protects the arm well.
Wright tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Van Halen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Halen slows the pace down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Van Halen's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Van Halen trying to control the pace.
Wright is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Van Halen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Van Halen's back!
Van Halen breaks Wright's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Wright keeping moving, preventing Van Halen from controlling successfully.
Wright utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wright lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van Halen!
Van Halen wants to control but Wright is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Van Halen has his hands clasped together but Wright breaks the hold and Van Halen is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Wright!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jace Wright!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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